Tracey Mumford
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1,190 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 12 Jun
Tracey Mumford’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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attempts to negotiate an end to the war in Iran is, who is really running Iran?
The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mujtaba Khamenei, was wounded in airstrikes at the start of the war, which killed his father, the previous supreme leader, and he's been in hiding while he recovers.
He still has not been seen in public since he took over, and that has fed into uncertainty about the country's leadership.
To try and trace Iran's new power structure, the Times spoke with senior Iranian officials, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and others familiar with the country's inner workings.
Several officials told The Times that Hominé's injuries are severe.
He's had surgery on his hand and leg, and his face and lips were badly burned, making it difficult for him to speak.
They say he's sharp and engaged, but he hasn't released a video or audio message because he doesn't want to appear weak in his first public address.
Also, because of fears he could be targeted again, messages to him are handwritten, sealed in envelopes, and relayed via a human chain from one courier to the next.
They travel on highways and back roads, in cars and on motorcycles, until they reach his hideout.
His responses go back the same way.
That combination of his injuries and the challenge of reaching him has led Hominé to delegate decision-making to commanders in the Revolutionary Guards Corps.
It's essentially left the hardline military calling the shots.
Those generals were the ones who came up with the strategy of closing the Strait of Hormuz and of striking neighboring countries in the Gulf.
They were the ones who agreed to the temporary ceasefire and who decided to pull the plug on more peace talks this week because they felt President Trump was trying to pressure Iran to surrender.
Overall, Iranian officials tell The Times the generals are feeling confident in this moment, like they've been able to prevent the U.S.
and Israel from toppling the regime, and that the country still has leverage in the conflict.
Now, a few more quick updates on the war.
Yesterday, there were reports that Iran fired on and seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightens its stranglehold on the waterway.
Before the war, more than 130 vessels went through the strait every day, and there was hope the ceasefire would get those numbers back up.
But with Iran renewing its attacks, traffic in the strait has pretty much come to a halt.
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